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No tubes needed with electrostatic speakers, just huge direct drive SS amps. It's a picture from Mafia I believe... Indeed...

MOAR. POWAH. NEEDED.

Well this one moves 300

I would send those to Doug., he's got skillz with stuff like this.

Waterfall plot, FR graph, distortion, sensitivity etc. They did test an old set so they aren't ideal but a 0.1% THD shows they did something right in 1957...

Well Stax are still shipping the "broken" SR-007Mk2/A... 11K for the basic version would be about right but I factored in all the fees etc. The 2508 is about 14K at the store all in. This might belong in the Stax thread, but did you catch the newest issue of Hi-fi news? They are doing some tests on a Quad ESL as a part of their vintage roundup...

That's a strange design choice for sure since this line of TKD's are made for the Japanese broadcasting industry. A spring leaf would certainly work and it would be easy enough to fit it to the L-bracket holding the attenuator in place. I would use the DACT if I could stand steppers but sadly I can't. I've even gone so far as to custom order a production run of 4-gang 50k pots (should get the first sample soon) and scoured the earth looking for more alternatives. Now if I could fit a 4-gang, 64 step Shallco in the T2 then I might stop looking for pots... As for the price, a DACT should cost about the same as the TKD. I'm paying roughly 20KYen for a 4CP-2508 and a 4 gang DACT is 230$ from Justin.

Stax SRE-725 would be your best bet but it is quite a bit heavier then the stock Senn cable and you would have to find a good way to secure the cable which isn't going to be easy. The HE60 drivers are very fragile and will not survive much mechanical abuse.

Yup, same deal with the TKD as they don't have PCB terminals.

I've got confirmation that my TKD 4CP-2508 (special HQ version of the 2500 line) will be shipping soon so expect a how to fit one to the T2.

I love the filament transformer on the GES. Pure win!

When I was 21... never mind, it wasn't that long ago. I did have a SR-007 though.

Epic project is the only way to describe it. Perhaps we should have that engraved on the front panels... Series or shunt? Ehhhh.... m'key...

All of the 63's (and the new speakers too I believe) suffer from glue issues inside the panels on top of the mylar aging (mostly because it is exposed to direct sunlight).

Happy belated Birthday Doug!!!

I love the fans on the BH and the BHSE "chassis"

I've lost count on how many times I've reviewed the Extreme schematic so I should have got that.

The 5998 is a low mu tube so that would make sense.

Bright lights and gold screws?

The Mk2 is cool but the A is what the BL should have been. Perhaps I should ask Bob if he could send my Mk2 to CJ so that I can mod it.. The comfort of the newer models is quite superior for my head. The Mk1 was never lacking but he Mk2/A is just moar bettah. I already commented on the difference between the pads above, mostly it's just moar comfort but the bass also has more snap to it and slightly more presence.

KGSS?

The HE60's sure love their power... The parts should be interchangeable but I really don't get the silver part as all the metal parts on the BL are champagne? It's the A which is silver and black and looks bitching IMO.

It will. Next up will be the new KGSS though, moar voltage means moar good!!

Sadly there is still a lot of them around and they seem to be up to their old tricks again...

Here they are mostly found in the south too, especially the small cluster of islands off the south coast.